• • • • • • was 55 per cent in 2017. Sumitomo expects Japanese wood pellet demand by 2030 will be 15 to 20 million tonnes. They are looking for 15–20 year term contracts. Shuji Aoki, NYK Carriers: NYK ac-counted for 140,000 tonnes of wood pellets being imported into Japan in 2017, some 27 per cent of Japan’s to-tal. From Western Canada, NKY uses vessels with total DWT of 28–38,000 tonnes and pellet carrying capacity of 24–32,000 tonnes. Kerry Lige, Fibreco: Export terminals have an integral role in the wood pel-let supply chain. Terminals manage receiving and unloading rail cars, storage, and vessel loading. He dis-cussed considerations for storage, soft handling to maintain product quality, fire and explosion hazards, off-gas-sing, and dust management. Henry Pease, RWE Supply and Trad-ing: Wood pellets are now traded globally. As RWE is a large European buyer, it has the ability to supply both Japanese and European markets. RWE sees Canada as a swing supplier. RWE can purchase cargoes from Western Canada, then make the decision re-garding which direction to send them. Yoshiomi Todo, Nippon Paper Ener-gy: NPI has two biomass power plants — Yatsushiro Power Plant, 6 MW, completed in 2015 and Ishinomaki Hibarino Power Plant, 149 MW, com-pleted in 2018. NPI requires evidence of forest certification. They prefer to receive cargoes of 10,000 tonnes due to storage constraints. NPI works with 10-year contracts. Miyuki Tomari, president, Biomass Industrial Society Network: As of April 2018, Japan’s Clean Wood Act requires that biomass used for power generation must be accompanied by chain-of-custody forest certification including proof of legality. Feed-in-tariff requirements are more con-strained than the Clean Wood Act. Yoshinobu Kusano, Renova: Renova is doubtful that biomass cofiring projects will not proceed as planned due to op-position to coal in Japan. Renova be-lieves that the best solution for biomass power is construction of independent power projects with dedicated biomass boilers between 50 and 110 MW. This was the fourth consecutive year that WPAC and our members have par-ticipated in the CMT Biomass Pellets Trade & Power Conference in Tokyo. However, this was the first year that we held our golf event, became a platinum sponsor, organized and sponsored the main conference reception, and orga-nized our own tour of a biomass power plant. Canada’s accelerating growth in wood pellet exports to Japan, coupled with our 70 per cent market share, are good reasons for us to continue with this annual event. The Wood Pellet Association of Can-ada gratefully acknowledges financial support from Natural Resources Cana-da’s Expanding Market Opportunities Program and Forestry Innovation In-vestment’s Market Initiatives Program. We could not have held such a success-ful event without their help. • $'LYLVLRQRI+RႇPDQQ,QF Implementing Bulk Material Handling Solutions Since 1947 V sit u Vi us a t W PA C 20 18 Va nc ou ve ver r, B C Se p pt em m b be r 18 18-1 -19, 9 2018 Extended Arm Drive-Over Dumper STANDARD PIVOT TRUCK TIPPER ,Q 3LW+RSSHUV Live Bottom Hoppers VDOHV#DLURÀH[FRP_b; _DLURÀH[FRP Canadian BIOMASS 9
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